Imperfect Balance
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: September 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 788
ISBN-13: 9780231111560
Subjects: American history: pre-Columbian period, BCE to c 1500; Applied ecology; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Human ecology; Science; Science/Mathematics; The Americas; Human Geography; Life Sciences - Ecology; Paleontology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; America; History; Indians; Land tenure; Landscape changes
First sentence: The myth that Europeans "discovered" America and arrived upon a virgin land has lingered in the Western psyche for centuries.